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The Chinese word shuijiao - 睡觉 - shuìjiào
(to go to bed in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
shuìjiào
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English translations
to go to bed,
to sleep
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睡觉 ( shuijiao / shuìjiào ) in traditional characters
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Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 睡觉 ( shuijiao / shuìjiào ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Wo meitian shiyi dian shuijiao.
Wǒ měitiān shíyī diǎn shuìjiào.– English translation: I go to bed at eleven every day.
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(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
to sleep | sleep
睡觉 ( shuijiao / shuìjiào ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 329)
睡觉 ( shuijiao / shuìjiào ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 329)
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